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I've never painted the brake calipers on any of my many cars before, but ...

Paint the brake calipers on new WRX?

Just curious what you guys think?

I've never painted the brake calipers on any of my many cars before, but am thinking of doing so on the new WRX?
However, I'm a bit hesitant because coming from a BMW 335i, these brake calipers look a bit small.
And I can't help but laugh when I see someone in a cheapy old Honda Civic or Kia or some other $15,000 car with teeny tiny brake calipers and they paint them. Makes it even worse when they put 18 or 19" wheels on the car.

I know the new WRX brake calipers are that small, but still they are a bit smaller than I'm used too in the last 2.5 years.

But I think the way they are stock looks sort of "unfinished". A nice coat of black, or even silver caliper paint would just class up the ride, in my opinion. You know, something "plain" just to get ride of that oxidized look that they have.

But I think the way they are stock looks sort of "unfinished". A nice coat of black, or even silver caliper paint would just class up the ride, in my opinion. You know, something "plain" just to get ride of that oxidized look that they have.

yeah, the more I thought about it, the more cheesy and ricey I thought painting the stock calipers are, especially since they are on the small size.
Black was a consideration too, but to be honest, the silver looks pretty good. Well my car is still new, once it's dirty I'm sure they will look not as nice. Then a coat of black might sharpen them up.

I think Subaru used to paint the WRX calipers red from the factory with "Subaru" written on them. I remember how cheesy that looked. I think they eventually realized it too, hence the reason they no longer do that. LOL

Mine are definitely starting to look like they need attention. Like they missed some kind of protective coating. I think if I can find a gray or flat silver I'll do that, if not then they're getting black.

Mine are definitely starting to look like they need attention. Like they missed some kind of protective coating. I think if I can find a gray or flat silver I'll do that, if not then they're getting black.

It's apparently a primer and brush on paint, but the brush strokes blend in and the finish is nice and smooth without being overly glossy.

I saw pictures of the results from that "kit" and it came out very nice. He said he only washed them, then sanded lightly and used the cleaner/primer and hit it with the paint. Just took off the wheel, masked off the rotor and other parts and painted with everything still on the car.

Granted, it was RED which I don't particularly like on stock calipers, but the finish was surprisingly nice!

There's a NAPA down the road from my office, I'll try to pop in there on the way home and see what colors they have. I know I saw the kits in at least Red and Black last time I was there.

Ideally I'd want gray -- just something to cover up the "oxidized aluminum" look that they have now, but silver would be my second choice as long as it isn't too shiny. I think black would be fine... really just ANYTHING but red/yellow/orange/green/etc.

ninefourteener, I see you're from the SLC area.. you must get a helluva lot more salt on the roads in the winter than we have here. What's your brake situation like, or is everything already aftermarket?

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